I was REALLY caught off guard with how good LAX was on the mic. They're gonna be great on their own.

It was a fun show fo sho. This show is what I imagine people think lots of old eps of Raw and (the good era of) Nitro was. It wasn't, but nostalgia is a weird feeling. And man, people would DIE if weekly shows now were like the old WWE Superstars type shows where damn near nothing would happen, interview segments were aplenty and seeing big stars like Hulk in ANY match was like seeing bigfoot riding a unicorn.

Raw and Nitro tho?

Nitro had banger matches on a reg. Raw? Not as much during the key era that folks fawn over the most. I remember Russo overtly not wanting a match to last more than one 'segment'. Both shows had debuts and surprises sometimes. Both shows took regular shots at comedy at all levels of the card with wildly varying results. That stuff is frowned upon more now..probably because it is often less funny and it rarely veers into its so bad its good territory. Matt Hardy, Danhausen, Chicago Maxwell, and Orange Cassidey all work on me in small doses but I loved Big Boss Man so I might be the wrong one to ask. I still can't believe that people were too serious about Broken Matt Hardy. It was obviously meant to be completely ridiculous. And it was.

>- first 15 minutes doesnt really need much else to he said.
>great TV.
>
>- Sting is living in a very sweet spot, and being booked as
>well as anybody. i remember where I was when my pops and I
>watched the first Clash, and he's still making me feel
>something.
>
>- 2 meaningless, but short, Young Bucks segments were but a
>minor inconvenience. i also have no opinion on Jay White
>
>- Keith Lee looked great. id like to see him kicking ass in
>matches that dont actually mean anything for a while.
>
>- Chris Jericho with his best TV segment in...what? a year
>and a half? when hes not trying to be liked he can still
>provide entertainment.
>
>- Santana with a *fantastic* bit of mic time. intensity
>dropped hard when Ortiz and Guevara got involved verbally, but
>still the whole thing was miles better than I expected.
>
>- the show really sucks when they do things backwards. the
>prevalence of insidery info in the digital world we grew up in
>has made Tony Khan a typical internet wrestling geek who leans
>in WAY too hard to "its a work bro". Page as champ, Jurassic
>Express as champs, Adam Cole as #1 contender, Gunn Club as #1
>contenders...we watch the fucking TV show. instead of
>declaring something and then trying to convince us after the
>fact, make us clamor for it. make us believe that someone is
>supremely worthy of status BEFORE bestowing it upon them.
>
>- Moxley with his best match of his AEW career. Cash Wheeler
>still a timeless performer. this teetered on going off the
>rails like 6 times, and each time it was eased back between
>the lines. excellent stuff. FTR is in rarefied air right now
>with their ability to make people look like superheroes, but
>id really enjoy seeing them win a bunch of matches in a row
>and rehabilitate the titles.
>
>- AQA has a little personality and fire to her. too bad they
>did the typical AEW thing. give a debutant(e) an unearned
>secondary title shot and a loss on their first night. thanks
>for stopping by i guess.
>
>- Serena Deeb calls out the entire locker room before
>declaring her "5 Minute *ROOKIE* Challenge" and bullying a
>jabroni. what an asshole. i love her so much.
>
>- i 15-second-skipped the main event and every time the screen
>updated i felt better and better about that decision. this
>shit is beneath a World Champion imo, Adam Cole at the PPV
>doesnt exactly set my imagination on fire either.
>
>- all the best things going right now are apart from a title
>picture other than Rosa-Baker, and other than Rosa-Baker they
>are all being driven by people who came thru WWE.
>
>all in all, really really good stuff. makes me nervous for
>next week...